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13-02-2024, 10:18 PM
1st Confirmed Loss Of HIMARS — US ‘Flies Back’ 2 Damaged High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems For Repairs, two lightly damaged High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have been transported back to the US for repairs.
The weapon was responsible for achieving success in forcing Russia to make a tactical withdrawal from a part of Kherson in November 2022. Ukraine began targetting Moscow’s supply lines and logistical nodes deep in the rear. Subsequently, the weapon appeared sparingly in military videos, while Russia reported rising shoot downs of HIMARS rockets with its Buk and Tor surface-to-air missiles (SAM). Interestingly, reports challenged Russian claim destroying HIMARS launchers, saying all of the 39 systems are intact.
This was b'cos HIMARS crews’ secret, well-concealed movements & disciplined tactics to change locations after firing volleys. Russian artillery & air defense crews struggled to detect HIMARS & coordinate fire.
Ukraine’s HIMARS vex Russian occupiers. In one recent series of strikes – one among many – the nimble launchers knocked out three Russian howitzers, a quartet of rocket launchers, & an air-defense vehicle,” analysis Forbes said.
Therefore, the emergence of pictures and videos of damage challenges the claim, proving the system has a mere tactical impact on the battlefield. It is also vulnerable as a whole, besides its rockets.
HIMARS Trucks Transported To US For Repairs
Handle ‘War. VehicleTracker’ posted a picture on X (formerly Twitter), showing a HIMARS launching vehicle being loaded onto a cargo aircraft.
“The first confirmed loss of a US-supplied M142 HIMARs MLRS, in the process of being loaded into an An-124 Ruslan. It seems to have suffered Shrapnel Damage but no direct hit, luckily. It will now be going to the US for repairs,” the handle said in the post.
HIMARS Recent Hits On Russian Targets
Ukraine officially released a video on February 14 of a HIMARS from its 14th Regiment destroying a Russian Buk air defense system “into molecules” in a strike that was carried out with “fire adjustment.”
Another video posted by the handle ‘Ukrainian Front’ shows the weapon system struck a Russian 4320 Ural truck and two Kamaz 5350 ‘Mustang’ vehicles in the Radensk, Kherson region village.
Two other videos from earlier this month only show the HIMARS firing and not striking any targets. The handle of United24, a Ukrainian government-backed media, and crowd-funding platform, posted a news clip showing access to a Ukrainian HIMARS unit.
The presenter said the M142 HIMARS “changed the course of the war in Ukraine at some point” and “continues to destroy targets at a strategic level.”
He challenged Russian media claims, saying, “None of the (HIMARS) systems have been destroyed…zero…thanks to its high mobility.” The “enemy artillery” is “just incapable” of spotting it, suggesting a quick ‘shoot and scoot’ tactic with HIMARS by Ukrainian soldiers – accurate to its intended design and orientation.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/1st-confir...amage/amp/
The weapon was responsible for achieving success in forcing Russia to make a tactical withdrawal from a part of Kherson in November 2022. Ukraine began targetting Moscow’s supply lines and logistical nodes deep in the rear. Subsequently, the weapon appeared sparingly in military videos, while Russia reported rising shoot downs of HIMARS rockets with its Buk and Tor surface-to-air missiles (SAM). Interestingly, reports challenged Russian claim destroying HIMARS launchers, saying all of the 39 systems are intact.
This was b'cos HIMARS crews’ secret, well-concealed movements & disciplined tactics to change locations after firing volleys. Russian artillery & air defense crews struggled to detect HIMARS & coordinate fire.
Ukraine’s HIMARS vex Russian occupiers. In one recent series of strikes – one among many – the nimble launchers knocked out three Russian howitzers, a quartet of rocket launchers, & an air-defense vehicle,” analysis Forbes said.
Therefore, the emergence of pictures and videos of damage challenges the claim, proving the system has a mere tactical impact on the battlefield. It is also vulnerable as a whole, besides its rockets.
HIMARS Trucks Transported To US For Repairs
Handle ‘War. VehicleTracker’ posted a picture on X (formerly Twitter), showing a HIMARS launching vehicle being loaded onto a cargo aircraft.
“The first confirmed loss of a US-supplied M142 HIMARs MLRS, in the process of being loaded into an An-124 Ruslan. It seems to have suffered Shrapnel Damage but no direct hit, luckily. It will now be going to the US for repairs,” the handle said in the post.
HIMARS Recent Hits On Russian Targets
Ukraine officially released a video on February 14 of a HIMARS from its 14th Regiment destroying a Russian Buk air defense system “into molecules” in a strike that was carried out with “fire adjustment.”
Another video posted by the handle ‘Ukrainian Front’ shows the weapon system struck a Russian 4320 Ural truck and two Kamaz 5350 ‘Mustang’ vehicles in the Radensk, Kherson region village.
Two other videos from earlier this month only show the HIMARS firing and not striking any targets. The handle of United24, a Ukrainian government-backed media, and crowd-funding platform, posted a news clip showing access to a Ukrainian HIMARS unit.
The presenter said the M142 HIMARS “changed the course of the war in Ukraine at some point” and “continues to destroy targets at a strategic level.”
He challenged Russian media claims, saying, “None of the (HIMARS) systems have been destroyed…zero…thanks to its high mobility.” The “enemy artillery” is “just incapable” of spotting it, suggesting a quick ‘shoot and scoot’ tactic with HIMARS by Ukrainian soldiers – accurate to its intended design and orientation.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/1st-confir...amage/amp/
